by Michael Helms | Apr 18, 2014 | Opinion
Buck and Lynn Heard of Moultrie, Ga., own a bird dog named Queen Mary worth more than $30,000. The number of championships determines her value, and she has won several. She was named the Purina “Top Shooting Dog of the Year” in 2010; she was runner-up in...
by Michael Helms | Apr 10, 2014 | Opinion
When the Southern Baptist Convention’s future hung in the balance, the mantra from fundamentalist pulpits was that inerrancy should be defended for the sake of the gospel. If you didn’t believe in inerrancy, you didn’t believe the Bible. The fear of...
by Michael Helms | May 6, 2013 | Opinion
Like all “Baby Boomers,” I grew up with television. I cut my teeth on “Captain Kangaroo” and “Sesame Street” and graduated to sitcoms such as “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Bewitched” and...
by Michael Helms | Apr 18, 2013 | Opinion
Johnnette Jallah, a teenager from Lofa County, Liberia, said her favorite thing about Passport Camp Liberia was making new friends. Approximately 150 campers from across Liberia had such an opportunity when they traveled to Ricks Institute, a boarding school 16 miles...
by Michael Helms | Apr 12, 2013 | Opinion
A pastor friend of mine recently died after living to age 85. He pastored the same church for nearly 30 years. Well, there was that two-week stint that he pastored another church in Florida. Yes, two weeks. This large-steeple church lured this pastor to their college...
